Las Vegas is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Cactus Shadows. The Las Vegas Wildcats lost to the Cactus Shadows Falcons on the road by a 48-34 margin. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (33), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Tanner Vibabul and Mychael Walker certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Vibabul rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while Walker gained 195 total yards and two touchdowns. Those 137 rushing yards gave Vibabul a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Las Vegas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Las Vegas didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Izaiah Cruz and Tyree Bush.
Leading Cactus Shadows to victory were Donivan C Dixon and Andrew Muirhead. C Dixon threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75.8% of his passes, while Muirhead gained 248 total yards and a touchdown. Muirhead was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 69 yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (167 yards to be exact) went to Dillon Aspiras, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
The loss snapped Las Vegas' losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-2 record. As for Cactus Shadows, their record is now 5-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Las Vegas will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Sunrise Mountain at 6:00 p.m. Las Vegas is facing Sunrise Mountain at the right time seeing as Sunrise Mountain is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Cactus Shadows, they will square off against Desert Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Desert Mountain has won three straight at home, while Cactus Shadows won three straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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